SALEM, Ohio — Demand for quality beef stocker cattle has sparked renewed interest in Pennsylvania’s calf pool program.

This spring, western Pennsylvania cattlemen will have the opportunity to learn more about getting involved in the state program that helps put more money in producers’ pockets.
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The program, modeled after the successful West Virginia calf pool program, […]

SALEM, Ohio — The woman who cried ‘animal abuse’ and summoned national attention to a Wayne County hog farm has dropped her civil lawsuit against the farm owner.

Ingrid DiMarino, a former employee on the Wiles hog farm near Creston, dropped her case against Ken Wiles April 30.

DiMarino has up to one year to refile her […]

SALEM, Ohio — The state of Washington has ordered Arlan Galbraith and his company, Pigeon King International, to cease and desist operations there.
Washington’s securities division filed the order March 19 after it determined the company violated the state’s Business Opportunity Fraud Act.
Any company that offers a business opportunity in that state must register with the […]

SMITHVILLE, Ohio — Learning the steps to the scientific method — predictions and tests and controls and formulating hypotheses — can be downright complicated and boring.
But not in Tony Stoller’s classroom.
In the agriscience lab at Smithville High School, the educator walks his students through the process one step at a time as they devise poultry […]

SALEM, Ohio — Rain showers. Tile washouts. Mud.
Thanks to Mother Nature, you’re already falling behind schedule with spring tillage and planting.
In the past week, farmers have been spotted chisel plowing, planting oats and making progress across parts of the Farm and Dairy coverage area.
It’s been slow going, though, with USDA data showing roughly 20 percent […]

SALEM, Ohio — Craig Zamary says he’s passionate about the environment.
The 30-something from Mahoning County, Ohio, drives a hybrid Toyota Prius and uses geothermal energy to heat his home, which is filled with energy efficient appliances.
He calls his office in the Youngstown business incubator green, too: With only a laptop and telephone, he’s aiming for […]

HANOVERTON, Ohio — Surprised chapter parent Sarah Swope was presented honorary member status when the United FFA met for its annual awards banquet April 3.
More than 150 chapter members, parents and supporters gathered at the United Local school to review the past year’s activities.
The honorary member degree is presented to recognize the efforts of […]

Keystone Ethanol Energy Producers’ sites under consideration are in the Keystone Industrial Park and the Greenville Reynolds Industrial Park.

SALEM, Ohio — Three weeks ago, Allan Morrow didn’t know Lucille Watson or Mark Beeler or anyone else in Hartsville, Tenn.
But he did know there were farmers there — people just like him — who’d seen their homes and farms devastated by February tornadoes.
And he knew he had two hands that could help them get […]

SALEM, Ohio — “It’s sort of like a pony, kinda like a deer, and has this goat thingy on its neck.”
That’s how a surprised Paula Bardo describes the nilgai, the fugitive exotic animal caught on the family’s Columbiana County dairy farm last week.
Did you see it?
Residents of southwestern Mahoning County and northwestern Columbiana County have […]